Maranta v. Wenzelberg

Plaintiff’s intestate was clearly guilty of contributory negligence. She stepped from behind an elevated pillar directly into the path of a south-bound delivery truck when the lights were in favor of north- and south-bound traffic. Iii an effort to avoid an accident the driver of this vehicle turned sharply to the left. In so doing, plaintiff’s intestate, caught between the right front mud guard and the bumper, was thrown to the east onto the north-bound car tracks. The delivery truck was brought to a stop on these tracks, facing east.

At the moment of the accident the' defendant’s truck was…